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Y a horizontal sectional view on the line UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. LAYTEU, OF MOL'N" VERNON, ASSIGNOR. TO ALBERT \VITTNAFER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

TRAVELERS WATCH-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,370, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed November 4, 1890. Serial No. 370,262. (No model.)

To all who/1t it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A.L.-\UTE.\I, of Mount Vernon, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Travelers Watch-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in leather, pasteboard, cloth, or analogous cases that are used for holding watches in such a manner that they cannot be injured by the joltin g and jarring of the car or other vehicle while traveling,or by being packed in trunks, satchels, or other packages that are handled roughly.

The object of my invention is to provide a case of this kind in which the watch can readilybe placed or removed therefrom, said case being so constructed that the dial of the watch is clearly displayed when the watch is to be used, and when the watch is not in use it is held firmly and securely in the case.

The invention consists in a watch-holding case composed of two hinged sections, to one of which sections a watch-receiving pocket is hinged.

The invention also consists in the construc tion and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claims.

In the accoi'npanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of my improved case for travelers watches, the same being open. Fig. 2 is Fig. 3, showing the case open and the watchholding pocket swung outward. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the same,the case being closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The case is composed of two sections A and 13, hinged to each other the section B being provided with a suitable handle or carrying strap 0. The section B is provided with a snap-hook 13, adapted to engage a catch A on the section A. To the inner surface of the sides of the section. 13 the filling-pieces D are secured, and between the same the watchholding pocket E tits, the thickness of which is equal to the space between the inner surface of the sections A and B when closed. Said watch-holding pocket E is hinged along the central line of one side to the outer edge of one of the filling-pieces l),as shown in Fig. 2, and is thus adapted to swing into the section B and between the filling-pieces D. Said pocket F is provided in its front with a circular aperture F, of the size of the dial of the watch, so that when the watch is placed into the pocket the dial will show through said aperture. The back of the pocket is provided in its top edge with a notch G for receiving the folded-down how a of the watch I). The inner surface of the section B is provided with a notch H for receivingpart of the bow when the same is turned down and the watch is in the pocket, as shown in Fig. 3. To prevent the watch from moving up and down in the pocket a cushion or stop K is secured to the top of the section B on the inside, against which the crown (Z of the watch can rest, the bottom part of the watch resting on the rounded bottom of the recess formed in said pocket E.

On the inner surface of the section A a padded protuberance J is formed, which,when the case is closed, passes through the opening F in the pocket E and rests on the face of the watchdial. The wateh,when held in the case, cannot shift or move in any direction. and cannot be damaged or injured by jars, a ceived while being carried in t way-car, or other vehicle. \Vhr S arrives at his destination and the watch, all that is necessary case, when the dial of the watc .1 exposed to View.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1.. The combination, with a case formed of two hinged sections, of a watch-holding pocket hinged along the center of one of its sides to the outerside edge of one of the sections and adapted to be swung in and out of said section, which watch-holding pocket is provided with an aperture through which the dial of the watch is visible.

2. The combination, with a case formed of two hinged sections, of a watch-holdingpocket my invention I have signed m y name in pres"- hing'ed at one side to one side of one section, once of two subscribing witnesses. and a cushion or stop [or the crown secured I to the top of the interior of that section to i 5 which the watch-holding pocket is hinged, \Vitnesses:

substantially as set forth. i OSCAR F. GUNZ, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I M. REIMHERR.

EDWARD A. LAUTEN. 

